Re: Parameterizing a LilyPond function

[David Nalesnik]

Hi Peter,

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:00 PM, PMA <address@hidden> wrote:
> David & David,
>
> Thank you Both!
>
> I'm using the one-param version, as in this score my X & Y offsets always
> match.
> But on exec -- uh oh -- Scheme is yelling:
>
>    <string>:2:65: error: GUILE signaled an error for the expression
> beginning here
>        \once \override Glissando #(quote (bound-details left Y)) = #
>                                                                  offset
>    Unbound variable: offset
>
> Hmm.  The invocation, BTW, was     \glissmove #1.3
>
> Just in case, better tell you my LP Version is still 2.13.32.
> If I must upgrade Right Now, well then ok, but I'd almost prefer a cyanide
> pill.
>

There shouldn't be any _need_ here to upgrade, but there really have
been a lot of improvements since the version you're using (including
much greater power/flexibility/ease regarding music functions).  I
think you simply need to substitute $ for # in front of offset to make
this work.

-David